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ACNS 3089 - LAMBETH PALACE - 16 August 2002

Archbishop welcomes Anglicans' Creation Congress

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, has expressed his delight at
the support for the Anglican Communion gathering starting on Sunday,
Stewardship of Creation, taking place at Hartebeespoort Dam near Pretoria,
South Africa. Representatives from throughout the Communion will use the
gathering to prepare for their participation in the UN's World Summit.

"I am delighted that so many Anglicans are gathering in South Africa to
promote our concerns over global issues and to discuss the means by which
resources can be used to save the people and the planet. This is the first
time that the Anglican Communion has organised such a meeting and it is a
measure of the importance of these issues that so many are coming.

"The Anglican Communion is remarkable - a body of 70 million people in 165
countries, both rich and poor, from north, south, east and west. Those who
will come to represent our churches in South Africa come as people of faith
and hope, to share their experiences of earth stewardship in different
regions of the Church, and to organise themselves effectively across the
Anglican Communion. They will gather not only as Anglicans, but also as
citizens of a global community, needing to learn to live as one, not as many
competing communities and individuals" he said.

Dr Carey's message to the Congress will be published next week.

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Notes for editors:

* Representatives from the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion will be in
South Africa at the end of this week. The Congress is being staged to
prepare delegates for the World Summit and will produce a statement which
will be made to the Summit itself by the Anglican Communion's UN Observer.

* The Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd John Oliver and Claire Foster will be
representing the Church of England, and will join representatives of
churches from the Anglican Communion's 39 provinces including Australia and
New Zealand, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, Ethiopia, India, the USA and many
African countries.

* The 1998 Lambeth Conference resolved to address environmental concerns.
The Congress in South Africa will review work undertaken so far and look
forward to the Lambeth Conference of 2008 thus ensuring continuity of
approach since 1998 and for the future.

* The Congress will be considering issues similar to those of the UN Summit
on Sustainable Development, under the following headings:- Economic and
Human Justice, Health, Energy, Water, Food, Biodiversity, Habitats and
Urbanisation. In addition, time will be spend reviewing a variety of
projects now underway throughout the Communion, launching the Communion's
world-wide environmental network and looking at local environmental
initiatives in the area around Hartebeespoort where the event will be held.

For more information about the Congress see [ACNS3048].
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